Heathrow Airport in London is the UK’s largest and busiest airport as well as being the busiest airport in Europe and the seventh busiest in the world based on passenger traffic. Located in the west of the city, in the London borough of Hillingdon, Heathrow hosts two runways and four operational terminal buildings. It is [...]
London Stansted Airport (STN) is an international airport just outside Bishop’s Stortford in Essex and 30 miles northeast of central London. The airport’s name is taken from the nearby village of Stansted Mountfitchet. In February 2013, Stansted Airport was bought by Manchester Airports Group (MAG) from Heathrow Airport Holdings for a sum of [...]
Previously known as Luton International Airport, London Luton Airport is the capital’s fourth largest airport after Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted. Located just outside the town of Luton in Bedfordshire, the airport primarily serves low-cost airlines flying to Europe. Opened in 1938, Luton Airport was a base for the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. After [...]
London Gatwick became an aerodrome back in the 1930s, but the airport we know today was officially opened on 9 June 1958 by Her Majesty The Queen. Over the last 60 years the airport has grown from just 186,000 passengers to over 46 million passengers each year. We now fly to around 230 [...]
Southampton Airport is a regional airport owned by AGS Airports Ltd. We serve around 30 destinations with great onward connections to the world. Benefited from fantastic transport links located just off the M27 and M3, Southampton Airport is just 99 steps away Southampton Airport Parkway train station with connections onto the centre of London. [...]
Exclusively dedicated to business aviation, Farnborough Airport is the most modern and efficient private airport of its kind in Europe. Farnborough Airport is a magnificent gateway to London, offering unparalleled amenities and services for passengers, crew and aircraft. No other London airport offers the prestige and convenience of Farnborough Airport with an award winning [...]
The Atlantic hurricane season officially starts on 1st June and ends on 30th November. Since 1953 all Atlantic tropical storms have been named based on a 6 year recycling list (see below). For the current season here's the latest status. And in terms of the latest detailed advisories from the [...]
Although in the UK we regard anything in the region of 3.0 on the Richter as newsworthy, for many geographies that wouldn't even raise an eyebrow! To put this into context, here are the earthquakes >5.0 even in the last 7 days - and remember the Richter scale is logarithmic (see below) so each whole [...]
Here's a really neat dynamic tool that shows a view over Crondall from just over 22,000 miles above, so you can see the progress of night and day as it actually happens! If you want to see various other permutations, or just have a play then click here and have some [...]
